Eligibility is open to forum members with 5 positive posts. There are only about 20 people right now that meet this requirement. If they have enough activity they'll give away 3 of them. I think that they are going to have difficulty giving away only 1.

The welder hooks up to 1-3 car batteries to get the power. It's pretty neat and would be good to have on the trail to do repairs.

I've got my posts in...then I read that they will be extending it beyond December 26th. I don't know how long, but everyone should really be considering this as a way to get into welding for very cheap.

So I just read the update on the forum. They're going to hold out until there are 100 eligible people. I think a 3% chance of winning is the best that I could ever hope for. Not bad for about 30 minutes worth of posting.

I saw this earlier and thought "yeah, it would be nice, but I don't have the time to invest in a community long enough to get positive reputation" but now that you say it took you 30 minutes, I may reconsider. I've done a very little introductory welding myself, years ago, but it would be nice to have that option in the future.